“They’ve been doing all their studying and everything at the dinner table,” Ben explains. Add a library ladder to tall shelves This old family room had a lot of potential.Ĭhip and Stephanie’s daughters, Ella, Maggie, and Zoey, are always busy with homework, but they don’t have a designated workspace. It’s a great way to preserve the look of the old fireplace without spending a ton of money. She uses old wood from the home to make a lovely herringbone design inside the fireplace. “They’re never going to light a fire,” Roth says, “which means I could use wood-and I have a whole pile of, like, old wood that Ben ripped out of the wall.” Roth wants to keep the historic mantel, so she decides to create a decorative firebox.
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This fireplace may not be functional, but it still looks great. When it comes to the old fireplace, Erin, Ben, and Roth want to make sure it’s well-preserved, even though the chimney has crumbled and the fireplace no longer works. “What we want to do is make it fit them,” Ben says.
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Now, Erin and Ben need to make this 3-in-1 structure feel like home for the Harrisons. The house was built in 1850 but the past owners, the Cain sisters, decided that the place was too small, so they added two other homes onto the original structure.
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A nonfunctioning fireplace can still look great Jasmine Roth scopes out the old fireplace.Ĭhip and Stephanie Harrison, plus their three girls, live in one of Wetumpka’s most unique homes. Here’s how they renovate these two ho-hum spots into incredible gathering spaces, which includes lots of take-home lessons you might be inspired to try in your own home and outdoor space, too. There’s lots of work to be done, so Erin and Ben get some help from fellow HGTV stars Jasmine Roth and Ty Pennington.